News & Local Affairs
Third Thursday Community Conversation with Sue Futterer
-Untold thousands of Minnesotans are vulnerable. They may need assistance with medical issues, food, child care and support, assistance with aging, with disabilities and much more.
Cuts proposed to nursing home funding could hit county
-Governor Mark Dayton has proposed the deepest payment cuts in history to Minnesota’s nursing home industry. WTIP’s Jay Andersen has this story.
Weekend News Roundup for Feb. 19
-Each weekend WTIP news produces a round up of the news stories they’ve been following this week.
Pending budget uncertainty affects local schools, including GES
-Legislative uncertainty over education funding can have an effect on small school budgets as well as large ones – including charter schools like Cook County’s Great Expectations.
New Soil and Water supervisor for Hovland
-Four candidates interested in filling for the Hovland area District 5 Soil and Water Conservation District supervisor vacancy were interviewed by the Cook County SWCD board at a special meeting on Mon
County moves to work further with consulting firm
-The construction management firm hired by Cook County to oversee the new community center project has been brought on board to oversee other 1% sales tax building projects as well.
Flute Reed group appoints coordinator
-Progress continues on a $540,000 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant. The Flute Reed Partnership has appointed Stark Enterprises to be their oversight coordinator for all three projects in
Obama budget tags $350 million for Great Lakes
-President Barack Obama's 2012 budget calls for spending $350 million on a long-range Great Lakes cleanup program.
Isle Royale invites public input on cultural landscape report
-Isle Royale National Park is holding a public workshop to discuss the development of a Cultural Landscape Report /Environmental Assessment (CLR/EA) for the Washington and Barnum Island area of the par
Weekend news roundup for Feb 12
-Each weekend WTIP news produces a round up of the news stories they’ve been following this week.


